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Dagen Brock introduces Crusty Coders site for Apple IIGS programmers

This is a place to learn about programming the Apple IIgs. This came about as a result of a conversation with fellow Apple developers who, like myself, found a lack of centralized resources for Apple IIgs specific documentation. This is just an early design and a place to start putting the information together. The goal […]

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KansasFest Day 3

MORE LINKS WILL ADDED LATER Andre Lozano greeted early risers with the first session of the day. Andre was part of the group that restored disks from the collection of Chris Marker, a French film director, writer and early pioneer in multimedia computing and authoring. Chris was interested in how computers and humans interacted emotionally […]

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Michael Sternberg’s A2MP3-Xfer

We totally missed this during RetroChallenge Winter Warmup 2014. Luckily, we caught up with Michael Sternberg during KansasFest for a demo. Checkout his disk/image transfer program for the Apple II using Vince Briel’s A2MP3 adapter. Michael wrote A2MP3-Xfer has a proof of concept, so it’s rather limited (DOS 3.3, DSK images only). The source code […]

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KansasFest News: All 1200+ Nibble Magazine programs available FREE

For nearly 4 years, Stavros Karatsoridis has been a very busy man, collecting, typing and debugging Nibble Magazine’s complete 12 1/2 year run of (1,200+) featured programs. What a remarkable achievement. Even better news, Mike Harvey (Nibble Magazine’s editor and publisher) has made all of the software from Nibble Magazine available for free! Mike’s announcement […]

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KansasFest registration closes July 10

Registration for KansasFest 2014 closes on Thursday, July 10. This is your last chance to get the sessions, camaraderie, and keynote from Margot Comstock.  Also, don’t forget to register for the optional “Build Your Own Computer” workshop with Vince Briel and “Stitch Your Own Apple IIe Ornament” workshop with Sarah Walkowiak by July 10. Here’s […]